vs Guinea baboon

Coprinopsis phaeospora compared with Papio papio

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Guinea baboon is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Guinea baboon
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Psathyrellaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Coprinopsis	Papio
Species	Coprinopsis phaeospora	Papio papio

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Guinea baboon

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Guinea baboon
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Guinea baboon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Coprinopsis phaeospora is a small, delicate inky cap mushroom with a pale grey, pleated cap and dark spores. It grows on dung, compost, and nutrient-enriched soils in temperate grasslands and woodland edges across Europe. This coprophilous saprotrophic fungus decomposes organic matter in dung-enriched habitats.